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1. buildings 1s 1-2 • The greatest monument built during the Umayyad caliphate in Spain was the great mosque at Cordova • When building a mosque you must build the praying room towards Mecca at the direction southwest to northeast

2. Buildings and history 1 s 2 • The first mosque was built in 784 at the site of an old christen church which was destroyed • Domes and pillars in a mosque were very important because they were the breakthrough at the time they were very complex

3. buildings and Mosques 1 s 2-3 • Semicircular arches were a big part of mosques with arched pillars • Domes became the next breakthrough in modern buildings • Mosques took a long time to build because of the detail put into them and because of all the domes and pillars in a mosque

4. History of buildings 1 s 6 • The buildings being built were though as one big shape. Then inside of the big shape they divided the shape into squares 4x4. They did this because of the detail. Each square would have tons of detail on the wall the celling and the floor.

5. Buildings 1 s 6 • Mosque of Cristo de la luz in Toledo was built 1000 and was the crown jewel of modern architecture because it had 9 small domes with rib spirals on them for support and for looks.

6. Buildings 1 s 3 Buildings 1 s 3 • The design for small houses were also complex and took time to build but they were very labor intensive • The city of Cordova was the wealthiest city at the time because of the amount of buildings being built.

7. buildings 1 s 3 • Mosques started having gates made of wood or iron • The most complex part of the mosque was becoming these gate because of the engraved words and pictures • Many mosques which had these gates were in Iran and in Spain

8. building history 1 s 3 • Umayyad caliphate in Spain was the most powerful part of the world at the time • The Muslims were changing greatly because of the christen crusades and the rapid growth of the Muslims size from a small religion to a very big and growing religion.

9. Buildings 1 s 6 • In the mosque of Cordova there are so many hidden inscriptions about proclamation of faith and being loyal to your religion and also about the five pillars • The mosque of Cristo de la luz was created because other Muslims saw the greatness of the mosque at Cordova and wanted to build a bigger and better mosque

10. cristo de la luz 1 s 6 • The ribbed arches in the mosque were the influence for christen arches because of the appeal, the domes and arches were also later used by Christianity on their great churches

11. buildings 1 s 8 • Builders did not know really the detail on making the arches all they knew was the simple way to make them (they only knew how to make them did not understand the forces and the reasons why they worked • The shape of the great mosque in Cordova is differently shaped than regular mosques

12. Buildings and history 1 s 6 • Workers changed the construction of arches in simple building and in major buildings resulting in a quicker build time and they offered more beauty and they were more decorative

13. Buildings 1 s 6 • The simple domes that were once thought as very modern were soon outdated by bigger and more complex with more detail • Lines and squares were a big part when it came to decoration